Tent and support



(No Model.)

P.- F. NOONAN. TENT AND surrom.

No. 522,483. I PatentedfJuly 3, 1894.

WITNESSES: INVNTOZJJ ATTORNEYS.

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of Fort Stanton, in the county of Lincoln and the tubular support of thetent, illustrating UNITED STATES I ATENT Prion.

PATRICK F. NooNAN, OF FORT STANTON, TERRITORY or NEW MEXICO.

T ENT AND SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.522,483, datedJuly 3, 1894.

Application filed February 20, 1894:. Serial No. 500,853. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PATRICK F. NooNAN,

Territory of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Improvement inTents and Supports Therefor, of Which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

, My Invention relates to animprovementin tents and supports therefor,the support being tubular and capable of use as astove-pipm The objectof the invention is to dispense w th the pole and tripoda's well as thestovepipe and stove at present in use in tents, and to substitutetherefor an improved stove and stove pipe, which latter will answer thedual purpose of a stove pipe and a tent pole.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange the cap of the tentasto obviatethe necessity of its removal, as is at present the case whena stove is in use, and the prevention of consequent leakage through thetop of the tent in wet Weather, the tubular support forthe tent enablingthe greatest possible portion of the space covered thereby to be usedfor living purposes.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as" will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, 1n wh ch similarfigures and letters of refer-.. enceindicate correspondingparts in all the, views. 4 V

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the iinproved tent support and stove.Fig. 2 is a s1de elevation of a portion of the combined tentsuppo'rt andpipe, illustrating the connection therewith of the tent cap and body ofthe tent. Fig. 3isasectional viewthrough one manner of producingbrackets therein;

likewise the manner of applying the pipe thereto. I

In carrying out the invention the stove A that is employed is given theusual shape, be-. ng somewhat conical, and at its lower edge the stoveis provided with a flange 10, which rests upon theground-and preventsthe stove from sinking into the earth under the weight of the tent,asthe stove, when used, is adapted as a'portion of the support for'thetent. The

. able distance below its upper edge, as shown 1 in Fig, 4, and the saidcollar is adapted to receive one end of a tubular support B, adapted foruse as a stove pipe and likewise as a central support for the tent O.

The tubular support B, may be in one piece ofsufficient length to extendfrom the top of the stove through and beyond the top of the tent, or itmay be made up of a series of sections as shown in Fig. 2, one sectionbeing adaptedin that event to slide over the other; and one section isprovided with a 'bayonet slot 13, as also shown in Fig. 2, and the othersection with a pin 14, adapted to enter said slot. .When the tubularsupport is made in sections, the ends of the sections are reinforced bya band 15, exteriorly located, as also shown in Fig. 2, which bandserves to prevent the sections from expanding or becoming dented whenthe sections are hurriedly put together. The upper section of thetubular support, or the upper portion of the support when it is in acontinuous length,is provided with projections 16, emanating fromits'outer face, the projections being of any desired number andpreferably located at right angles to the said outer face. Theseprojections may be in the nature of pins or brackets secured to or uponthe outer face of the tubular'support, or as illustrated in Fig.

3, each projection may be in the nature of an angular or substantiallyL-shaped strip of metal, one member beingsecured by rivets, solder, orotherwise to the inner face of the tubular support, the other memberextend; ing outward through suitable openings in the support. Thislatter form of projection is preferred whenlhe tubular support isconstructed in sections, and preferably the sup port is so constructed,since it can then be packed in a small compass when the tent is tobetransported.

The body of the tent is providedwit h the usual opening 17 at the top,andthe open end of the body is connected with a ring 18 through themedium of links 19 or their equivalents, and the said ring is passedover the upper portion of the tubular support B, and is made to restupon the extensions or projections 16 thereof. In this manner thestove-pipe B, serves as a support for the body of the tent, and the useof the ordinary pole and tripod is dispensed with.

In order that the tent shall remain dry in wet weather while the stovepipe extends up through it, a tent cap 0 is employed, which 18 attachedto a ring or band 20, adapted to be passed over the top of the stovepipe or tubular support to a bearing upon the ring 18 connected with thebody, as shown in Fig. 2, and the said cap is connected with the ring orband 20 through the medium of a number of smaller rings 21 or theirequivalents, as is likewise shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This form of cap maybe expeditiously and convenlently put in place and removed, and willeffectually prevent water, snow or moisture entering the tent at the topto any damaging extent.

In summer time when the stove is not required, the tubular support maybe made of suitable length to rest at its lower end upon the ground, orupon a block or plate placed upon the ground.

When a tent is supported and heated in the manner above described amaximum of space is rendered available, and at the same time the tent iskept dry even while the stove is set up, and owing to the ring 20 andmetallic connection between said ring and the tent cap, the latter ispreserved against the action of heat and will not take fire.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination,with a tent having an opening atits top and a ring connected with the said opening, of a tubular supportcapable of use as a stove pipe, and provided with projections on whichrests the said ring, another ring or band supported upon the firstnamedring, and a cap suspended from the band, and extending downward beyondthe upper end of the tent to surround the same, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, with the tent having an opening in its top, and thestove placed therein, said stove having, at its bottom, a flange adaptedto rest on the ground, of a stove pipe extending vertically upward fromthe stove and through the opening of the tent, a ring supported on theupper portion of the pipe and suspending devices connecting the upperend of the tent with the said ring, a band resting on the said ring, acap covering and surrounding the upper open portion of the tent, and aseries of smaller rings connected with the band and the cap,substantially as described.

PATRICK F. NOONAN.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS H. BAINBRIDGE, W. A. WILHELM.

